From House to Home (Karina's Journey Book 1)

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Never in my life would I have imagined I’d be homeless. But here I am, fifteen, and sleeping on a park bench with nothing but the clothes on my back, twelve dollars in my pocket, and a backpack full of useless school books.

It’s incredible how fast things can change. One minute I’m walking home from the bus stop, and the next my mother is being carted off by the police for drug dealing and I am left with no family to take me in.

Just as I resolve myself to entering a group home full of bullies and cockroaches, my principal finds a peculiar name on my emergency contact list. That’s when my world totally changes, and I am thrust into a situation completely beyond my control. And to top it off—I do have family! Turns out my mother lied to me all my life. And that’s not all she lied about. Unbelievable!